Waking up is painful—
she said with her hand
on my forehead—rocking
to the rhythm of my sobbing:
a heave from my pelvis raking my
throat—gravel like fossilized vomit.
This life has never felt warm,
felt safe to you. She, kneeling beside,
holding me, whispered:
poor battered child of war.
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#Antiwar #Poem: "Waking Up is Painful" for #NationalPoetryMonth | #Poet #ActiveVoice | http://bit.ly/eRoOTI
I wrote a #poem this morning. http://bit.ly/flNNTL
RT @CharlesBivona: I wrote a #poem this morning. http://bit.ly/flNNTL
"Waking Up is Painful" #Poem by .@CharlesBivona | http://bit.ly/eRoOTI
#poet Waking Up is Painful – A poem. http://ow.ly/1chWiV
TY for all the RTs .@Poet_Carl_Watts | As a gift of #gratitude, a very personal #poem of mine: "Waking Up is Painful: http://bit.ly/eRoOTI
@CharlesBivona Very nicely written: "Waking Up is Painful: http://bit.ly/eRoOTI I wrote poem similar but diff "War Child" http://ad.vu/aa9f
@CharlesBivona Very nicely written: "Waking Up is Painful: http://bit.ly/eRoOTI I wrote poem similar but diff "War Child" http://ad.vu/aa9f
#Poem Waking Up is Painful http://t.co/v7J90z3 #poet #poetry #MM @lotushalo
RT @CharlesBivona: Waking Up is Painful http://t.co/euxeRKtn
"Waking Up is Painful" a #poem by @CharlesBivona http://t.co/UskEiz6B #poetry #poem #poet
"Waking Up is Painful" a #poem by @CharlesBivona http://t.co/OjBpjSS7 #poetry #poem #poet
#ThankYou Everyone for a great #FollowFriday! ==> #Poem: "Waking Up is Painful" http://t.co/25YKMNuZ #GoodNight <3 #poet #ows #occupy
#ThankYou Everyone for a great #FollowFriday! ==> #Poem: "Waking Up is Painful" http://t.co/25YKMNuZ #GoodNight <3 #poet #ows #occupy